Author: <span>Richard</span>
22 Oct 2020
Supporting Young and Black People in Rural Spaces
UK Youth launched the #YoungAndBlack campaign to amplify young, Black voices in order to improve their lived experiences and make steps towards a fairer United Kingdom. Throughout the campaign we...
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22 Oct 2020
United Utilities continues to support Disability Awareness Day as event goes virtual
The Warrington Disability Partnership (WDP) are based in Warrington, Cheshire and are at the forefront of supporting independence in life and work for people with disabilities. Their annual Disability Awareness...
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22 Oct 2020
University expert meets the PM to ask for backing to help local councils become ‘dementia friendly’
A University expert has met the Prime Minister to ask for his backing to help local councils become ‘dementia friendly’. Ian Sherriff BEM, Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia in the...
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22 Oct 2020
Carbon monoxide gas – a silent killer
We’ve all been spending more time at home this year, and with winter on its way and the night’s drawing in, it’s time to start preparing for winter. 2020 has...
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21 Oct 2020
October Edition of Casebook from the Rural Health and Care Alliance
October 2020 Edition Welcome to your October edition of Casebook, a dedicated, monthly e-newsletter for Rural Health Care Alliance members. The long dark tunnel of the pandemic continues with stories...
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21 Oct 2020
October Edition of Casebook – Health Funding Opportunities from the Rural Health and Care Alliance
This month’s featured funding opportunities are: Consortium for Stronger LGBT+ Communities https://www.consortium.lgbt/NETFund/ Thanks to the National Emergencies Trust, a total funding pot of £350,000 is available to LGBT+ non-profit groups,...
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19 Oct 2020
Rural Services APPG Meets Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Spending Review
On 13th October the Rural Services All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) met Steve Barclay MP The Chief Secretary to the Treasury to raise a number of rural issues ahead of...
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19 Oct 2020
Broadband users in rural areas are being left behind in major network upgrade
Newspapers, including The Telegraph and The Daily Mail, report on warnings from the National Audit Office (NAO) that rural communities are at risk of being ‘left behind again’ in a...
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19 Oct 2020
Plan for UK shops to offer cashback without a purchase
The Guardian reports on new proposals from the Treasury designed to safeguard accessibility to cash, which could mean shops would have to offer cashback even if customers do not make...
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19 Oct 2020
City dwellers idealise Britain’s countryside, but there’s no escaping rural poverty
The Guardian’s social policy editor argues that the pandemic has ‘exacerbated’ inequality in rural areas, and calls for a COVID-19 recovery strategy that ‘integrates town and country’ The article notes...
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